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All results from a given calculation for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1428.540953
Energy at 298.15K-1428.542053
HF Energy-1428.540953
Nuclear repulsion energy262.996546
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 496 470 2.10      
2 A1 349 331 0.09      
3 E 660 625 78.78      
3 E 659 624 79.01      
4 E 256 243 0.39      
4 E 256 242 0.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1338.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1267.4 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.11038 0.11038 0.05714

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.572
Cl2 0.000 1.677 -0.078
Cl3 1.452 -0.838 -0.078
Cl4 -1.452 -0.838 -0.078

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.79851.79851.7985
Cl21.79852.90452.9045
Cl31.79852.90452.9045
Cl41.79852.90452.9045

picture of nitrogen trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 N1 Cl3 107.699 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.699
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.390      
2 Cl 0.130      
3 Cl 0.130      
4 Cl 0.130      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.809 0.809
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.444 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.444 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.541
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.548 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.548 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.096
Polar
3z2-r2-6.193
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.244 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.247 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 2.904


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.550
(<r2>)1/2 13.136